I like to think of natural silence as the canvas upon which other sounds are painted. (Dr. Timothy C Mullet)
ABOUT ME
Reading Time: < 1 minute My name is Marco Pesente, I live in the province of Verona (North-Est Italy). From the late 1970s I delighted in obtaining audio recordings of all beings that in nature emits songs, calls and noises, with particular regard to the bird songs, but also…
Mission
Reading Time: < 1 minute This is not meant to be an exhaustive website on the recording of “sounds” that can be “captured” in nature, there are already dozens of excellent sites where the various audio recording techniques are reported more or less in-depth.The purpose I set for myself…
CONTACTS
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Ortolan Bunting
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ortolan bunting song. Recorded using a mid MONO parabolic microphone – 2 x Primo EM172 caps and a 33 cm dish.Filmed with a Sony Nex6 + adapter and a Lens Nikon 400/5,6 IF-ED. Special thanks to Gastone Pivatelli.
Learn MoreORTF SPHERA 40mm AOM 5024 Vs. STRAIGHT MOUNTED AOM 5024
Reading Time: 3 minutes Inspired by Jules Ryckebusch’s Facebook post https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17LaXpGKMN/I recorded at a Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) night roost here in Northern Italy, where I live. I used two ORTF systems built with PUI AOM5024 omnidirectional capsules: one system with the capsules inserted into two small 40…
LE CHANT DES FORÊTS
Reading Time: < 1 minute Three generations: Grandfather, Father, Son. Thanks to Grégory Chamming’s they use a parabolic microphone naturesound.it
Learn MoreShotgun Microphones Vs. Parabola
Reading Time: 2 minutes Here a test at the limit of a reasonable sound pickup distance (about 40 meters) regarding a type of Robin call, the so-called repeated Tic call, to test the real difference between a sound pickup performed with a parabolic microphone versus two types of…